Sheriff: 3 dead in Louisiana helicopter crash

CAMERON, La. 
The identities of three people killed in a southwestern Louisiana helicopter crash have been released.

The crash in a remote area of Cameron Parish happened around 11:45 a.m. Friday during a maintenance test flight of the helicopter. A pilot and two mechanics were killed. Cameron Sheriff Ron Johnson identifies the pilot as a 69-year-old California man, William R. Croucher; 55-year-old Michael Lee Tyree of Iowa (EYE' oh WAY'), La., and 41-year-old Timothy Lloyd Goehring of Sulphur, La., also died.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft crashed about 30 minutes after taking off from Lake Charles, La.